Julius Caesar is attempting to fully establish his position in Rome, in which he decides to attend a party that Atia is holding in order to celebrate his victory. Meanwhile, Lucius Vorenus decides to hold his own party since he has retired from the military and is working as a civilian businessman, while Titus Pullo contemplates what he should do with all of the gold that he found, though he soon encounters Pompey’s son and he takes Vorenus’ advice to take him to Caesar.

Recap

"Here we are, refugees in our own land," Cicero says to Pompey and his supporters, anxiously settling into their makeshift camp south of Rome. "We are not refugees, we are maneuvering," Pompey responds sharply, before explaining his strategy to the men: without gold, Caesar will have to resort to violence, and once the blood starts to spill, the people will turn on him with a vengeance. "While he is fighting mobs in the forum, I will be gathering an army the like of which he has never seen!"..